GRE Word List
SUSTENANCE
means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living
The meaning of the word sustenance is means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| tangible | capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : palpable |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |